LITTLE AMETHYSTINE HUMMING-BIRD. 89 
without any trace of the white band on the rump ; 
the tail is rounded at the end, and is dark olive- 
brown, the centre feathers having a greater tinge of 
green than upon the others, the whole are tipped 
with a narrow band of the same colour with the 
upper parts. The throat and fore part of the neck 
are white, interspersed with the young scaly bright- 
ly coloured feathers ; and the belly and vent are 
pale reddish-brown, having a slight indication of the 
crescent band. In all the young species, the wings 
reach to about the middle of the tail ; and it is a cu- 
rious circumstance, that, in the adults, it should as- 
sume a deeply forked shape, and that the young fea- 
thers should appear in the very reverse form. — The 
next bird belonging to the “ Amethysts,” is the 
